US medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has announced a strategic partnership with Wellstar Health System, one of Georgia's largest healthcare systems, to enhance medication safety and delivery across its hospitals and care facilities using artificial intelligence.

According to BD News, the collaboration combines BD Pyxis Pro medication dispensing technologies with BD Alaris Infusion Systems to create a more connected approach to medication management from pharmacy to bedside, giving clinicians greater accuracy, real-time visibility and streamlined workflows.

The BD Pyxis Pro Dispensing Solution with Analytics in BD Incada provides Wellstar with enterprise-wide visibility into medication inventory, including on-demand insights through natural-language queries. Customisable dashboards convert data into actionable intelligence, helping clinicians identify trends, reduce medication waste and optimise labour efficiency.

BD Alaris EMR Interoperability allows Wellstar clinicians to use barcode scanning to send infusion orders directly from the electronic medical record and receive infusion status updates in return.

"At Wellstar, our focus is on delivering safe, innovative care to every patient, every time," said Susan Wright, vice president of pharmacy services at Wellstar Health. "Partnering with BD to implement this technology strengthens our ability to focus on patient-centred programmes and empower our teams to deliver care with confidence and compassion."

Wellstar also participates on BD's Strategic Development Council for its Medication Management Solutions business, contributing expertise across pharmacy operations, medication safety, nursing and informatics to help shape future product development.

"BD is proud to partner with Wellstar to advance medication safety and help ensure patients receive the right medications at the right time," said Connor Bates, worldwide president for medication management solutions at BD.

Explore the original announcement to learn more about BD and Wellstar's connected medication management approach.